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Exhibit B –Design Guidelines <br />Page 1 <br />EXHIBIT B <br />DESIGN GUIDELINES <br />Licensee’s plans and specifications submitted with each Pole License application, and <br />any Pole License application approved by the City shall comply with the following minimum <br />requirements, a copy of which is on file with the Engineering and Transportation Department: <br />1.Licensee’s Equipment shall be concealed or enclosed as much as possible in <br />an equipment box, cabinet, or other unit that may include ventilation openings. <br />2.Equipment shelters, cabinets, or electrical distribution panels shall not be <br />installed at ground level, except after all reasonable alternative pole locations have been <br />explored and found unavailable or lacking in some substantial way and only with prior City <br />approval upon a good faith showing of necessity, in City’s sole discretion. Ground-mounted <br />equipment, if any, shall incorporate appropriate techniques to camouflage, disguise and/or <br />blend the equipment into the surrounding environment. Any ground-mounted equipment shall <br />not inhibit or block pedestrian path of travel and shall comply with the Americans with <br />Disabilities Act (ADA) standards. Any ground-mounted equipment shall not obstruct or <br />interfere with storm drainage facilities, drainage channels, or change the existing drainage <br />pattern. City shall have sole discretion to approve or disapprove the installation of a battery <br />backup unit, whether pole-mounted or ground-mounted. <br />3.Licensee shall verify each Pole’s condition, size and foundation, and provide <br />structural calculations and drawings for any pole-mounted equipment. <br />4.Any pole-mounted equipment shall be placed at least eight (8) feet above <br />sidewalks or sixteen (16) feet above streets on the street side of the pole, and shall not <br />obstruct line of sight to any intersection, signage, traffic control devices or other directional <br />markings. <br />5.The City may reasonably require pole-mounted equipment shall be incorporated <br />into the design of the pole with the use of a shroud or other screening techniques. Stack <br />equipment close together and on the same side of the pole. If a long rectangular disconnect <br />switch is used, rotate the enclosure so the elements can be stacked closer together on the <br />pole. Avoid wide offsets (more than 4 inches) of equipment enclosure brackets that protrude <br />from the pole. <br />6.Licensee shall use commercially reasonable efforts to utilize pole-mounted <br />equipment that minimizes the visual aesthetic impact of the equipment, as is technologically <br />feasible, subject to the City’s reasonable approval. All conduits, conduit attachments, cables, <br />wires and other connectors shall be placed within the pole when feasible, or otherwise <br />concealed from public view. Consider the use of equipment enclosures that are nearly the <br />same width as the pole, even if they need to be slightly longer as a result. Narrow enclosures <br />are less likely to impair views of buildings and scenic resources or to detract from <br />streetscapes. Utilize equipment mounting base plates that are no wider than the pole. <br />Typically, the wide variation in enclosure surface materials and sizes on a single pole can <br />draw more attention (clutter compared to mass) to the facility than a system of enclosures <br />that is comparatively larger, but more uniform in profile and longer instead of wider or deeper. <br />There are a large number of equipment vendors that offer an array of options. Take the time <br />to design a system that works well together in terms of network needs, overall cumulative <br />effect, cable port locations, and ease of installation and maintenance. Equipment Orientation: <br />While equipment orientation may be limited due to operating requirements, utility or State <br />rules; depending on pole type, orienting equipment, facing away from nearby residential <br />windows, and/or the primary travel direction, is preferred.